Sohl and Koch OFR # 773: Late Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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| Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Beretra sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Beretra sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora leprosa
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Xenophora leprosa (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
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64 specimens | |||||||||
| Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis | ||||||||||
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Plicatula (Plicatula) sp.
Lamarck 1801
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis (St | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Syncyclonema sp.
Meek 1864
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema sp. - originally entered as "Syncylonema sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea mesenterica
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Ostrea mesenterica Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus (Endocostea) sp.
(Whitfield 1877)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Inoceramus (Endocostea) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon sp.
Conrad 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Nemodon sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria alta
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) castrovillensis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cas | ||||||||||
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
(Dietrich 1933)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
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Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Medina |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 98.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 78.0° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | Discoscaphites conradi |
| Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Corsicana Marl | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray lithified silty lime mudstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Stephenson collection | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Castroville; USGS # 7665 : 7796 | ||
| Database number: | 4522 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-08-08 12:14:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 282. | N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1984. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrate Fossils from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the west gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 84-687:1-282 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 29915 | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |